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As one of the world's best known scientists and a global bestselling author—who in 2006 was involved in very public divorce—Stephen Hawking's wealth was the source of much speculation.
During Hawking's split from Elaine Hawking (nee Mason), rumors swirled of a seven-figure payout.
The London Evening Standard estimated Hawking's wealth at £5 million ($6.9 million), mostly from sales of 1988's A Brief History of Time, which shifted 10 million copies and was translated into 40 different languages.
Vanity Fair at the time estimated that Hawking had netted about £4 million from the book, while the Daily Mail valued Hawking's earnings from the science classic at about £2 million, noting he had "also made lucrative sums from other books."
Later popular books included Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Universe in a Nutshell, A Briefer History of Time, and My Brief History.
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